# Electoral history of John Hickenlooper

This is the electoral history of John Hickenlooper, the junior United States senator from Colorado since 2021. He previously served as the 43rd mayor of Denver from 2003 to 2011 and the 42nd governor of Colorado from 2011 to 2019. Hickenlooper briefly sought the 2020 Democratic nomination for President. He ended his presidential campaign in 2019 before voting began and announced his campaign for U.S. Senate days later.

## Denver mayoral elections
### 2003

2003 Denver mayoral general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Nonpartisan | John Hickenlooper | 49,185 | 43.33% |
| | Nonpartisan | Donald J. Mares | 25,308 | 22.29% |
| | Nonpartisan | Aristedes 'Ari' Zavaras | 14,145 | 12.46% |
| | Nonpartisan | Penfield Tate III | 13,450 | 11.85% |
| | Nonpartisan | Susan Casey | 8,162 | 7.19% |
| | Nonpartisan | Elizabeth Schlosser | 1,812 | 1.60% |
| | Nonpartisan | Phil Perington | 1,247 | 1.10% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 211 | 0.19% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 113,520 | 100.0% |
2003 Denver mayoral runoff election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Nonpartisan | John Hickenlooper | 69,526 | 64.58% |
| | Nonpartisan | Donald J. Mares | 38,126 | 35.42% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 107,652 | 100.0% |

### 2007

2007 Denver mayoral general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Nonpartisan | John Hickenlooper (incumbent) | 68,568 | 86.30% |
| | Nonpartisan | Danny F. Lopez | 10,053 | 12.65% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 834 | 1.05% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 79,455 | 100.0% |

## Colorado gubernatorial elections
### 2010

2010 Colorado gubernatorial Democratic primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | John Hickenlooper | 303,245 | 100.00% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 303,245 | 100 |
2010 Colorado gubernatorial general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | John Hickenlooper/Joseph García | 915,436 | 51.05% |
| | Constitution | Tom Tancredo/Pat Miller | 652,376 | 36.38% |
| | Republican | Dan Maes/Tambor Williams | 199,792 | 11.14% |
| | Libertarian | Jaimes Brown/Ken Wyble | 13,365 | 0.75% |
| | Independent | Jason R. Clark | 8,601 | 0.48% |
| | Independent | Paul Fiorino/Heather McKibbin | 3,492 | 0.19% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 86 | <0.01% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,793,148 | 100.0% |

### 2014

2014 Colorado gubernatorial Democratic primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | John Hickenlooper (incumbent) | 214,403 | 100.00% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 214,403 | 100.0% |
2014 Colorado gubernatorial general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | John Hickenlooper/Joe Garcia (incumbent) | 1,006,433 | 49.30% |
| | Republican | Bob Beauprez/Jill Repella | 938,195 | 45.95% |
| | Libertarian | Matthew Hess/Brandon Young | 39,590 | 1.94% |
| | Green | Harry Hempy/Scott Olson | 27,391 | 1.34% |
| | Independent | Mike Dunafon/Robin J. Roberts | 24,042 | 1.18% |
| | Independent | Paul Fiorino/Charles George Whitley | 5,923 | 0.29% |
| | Write-in | Marcus Giavanni/Jashua Yballa | 31 | <0.01% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,041,605 | 100.0% |

## U.S. Senate elections
### 2020

2020 U.S. Senator from Colorado Democratic primary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | John Hickenlooper | 585,826 | 58.65% |
| | Democratic | Andrew Romanoff | 412,955 | 41.35% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 998,781 | 100.0% |
2020 U.S. Senator from Colorado general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | John Hickenlooper | 1,731,114 | 53.50% | +7.24% |
| | Republican | Cory Gardner (incumbent) | 1,429,492 | 44.18% | −4.03% |
| | Libertarian | Raymon Doane | 56,262 | 1.74% | −0.85% |
| | Approval Voting | Daniel Doyle | 9,820 | 0.30% | N/A |
| | Unity | Stephen Evans | 8,971 | 0.28% | −0.04% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,235,659 | 100.0% | |
| | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican |